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VIII, NO. 10. WHY THEY "FLOPPED." The Capital and Journal Endorse the Book Trust FOR 25 CENTS A LINE. Union Made Books Win a Temporary Victory. The most mournful and melancholy sight that decent citizens of Topeka have been called upon to behold for many months was the manner in which the Topeka Daily Capital and the Topeka State Journal flopped to the assistance of the American text-book trust yesterday- for 25 cents a line.

Up to yesterday the Capital had maintained a neutral position, and the Jour- nal was rather favorable to the Topeka, union made school books. Then the agent of the book trust called around with a satchel full of bank notes, and both papers were at his disposal at a trifle more than ordinary advertising rates. The Capital was given more than three columas, a total of 661 lines. An emthat office admits that they were paid 25 cents a line, making a total of $165.25. The State Journal was not allotted so much space.

It was given only 318 lines, but at 30 cents a line it would amount to $95.40. A trust is always a thing to be despised, and a newspaper trust is not much better than a book trust. Too much newspaper support will "queer" any cause. It was this that beat T. W.

Harcison at the polls last spring, when Charles A. Fellows was elected mayor. The people are suspicious of too much newspaper enthusiasm, faminar as they are with the "source" of the enthusiasm. Altogether the retirement of the paper trust from the cause of unionmade school books is not to be regretted. A Temporary Victory.

The enemies of the American textbook trust won a temporary victory at the school board last night. The trust had reason to believe that its books would be adopted. Those most anxious to have Topeka union-made reader selected were fearful lest the trust had added one more school board to its string. They were highly satisfied therefore when the board decided it wanted more time to examine the merits of the books and postponed action until its next meeting, October 7. G.

G. Burton, the agent of the book trust, was on hand and hobnobbed boldly among the members of the board. The opposition was represented by George W. Crane and A. B.

Quinton of Topeka and C. C. Pemberton of Heath of Boston. When the committe on text-books and supplies, to which the matter was referred, made its report, Chairman Sam Miller of North Topeka said: "The committee has been unable to agree and I will report for myself and let Mr. Wilson make his own report.

The other member of the committee, Mr. Shaw, is absent. I have time to look at all of the series of Mr. Crane's readers. I have looked at the first, third and fourth and find they contain a great deal of merit.

This is sufficient to warrant a thorough investigation by every member of this board, whether a change is desirable at this time or not. Personally I do not care to recommend a change. I prefer to ask for more Mr. Wilson of the Second ward said: "I reason, Mr. President, for postponing action.

There is no doubt that the Excelsior readers are a very superior work, and while they may contain some errors, the same is true of the McGutly readers. I move that we adopt the fourth and fifth readers." Mr. Squires of the Fourth ward said: "It is no more than right that the request of the chairman of the committee for more time should be granted. There is no occasion for all this haste." Chairman Miller said he had had less than 10 days in which to look into the merits of the readers. He explained that he thought very favorably of Mr.

Crane's proposition. A vote to postpone action one month was carried. Messrs. Miller, Priddy, Squires, Beck, McFarren and Westerfield Wilson voted was in alone the in the affirmative, negative, and Mr. Shaw and Mr.

Thomas being absent. Mr. Orane's Proposition. Mr. Crane's proposition was a most liberal one.

He agreed to supply his Excelsior readers to the schools free of charge, taking the old readers in exchange. The book dealers he also agreed from loss by exchanging the to protect book trust readers for his series, dollar for dollar. School Board News. Miss Wiley of Grant school resigned to accept a place in the schools at Denver. Professor Culver of the High school resigned in order to resume his studies at Harvard.

A resolution was adopted excluding all children between 5 and 7 years of age from the city schools. Miss Edith Davis of the Parkdale given a leave of absence for school was complete the course one year. at the State University. The proposition to create an insurance fund to protect the city schools from loss by fire, instead of paying the money still to the insurance companies, -was pending when an adjournment was taken. The resolution by the Typographical union, asking the board to labor patronize in the home institutions and home selection of readers for the city schools, presented by President Thorson and was placed on file.

THEIR CHILDREN TRESPASSED And Rev. Mr. Dorcas Said Mean Things to Mrs. Muir, "You're a lying hussy," said the Rev. Mr.

Dorcas to Mrs. J. C. Muir during the course of a wordy war yesterday. The Dorcases and Muirs live on Branner street, near sixth, and each haye a few children, which seem to be the bone of contention between them.

Muir claims one of Dorcas' boys is a very bad one, and persists in throwing stones at the little Muir boy when he carries his father's dinner to him at the Santa Fe yards. This is what he did yesterday, and Mrs. Muir started out to see about it. She met Dorcas at a blacksmith shop near where they live, and the two butchered English ruthlessly and hurled it at each other, the Rev. Mr.

Dorcas, so Mrs. Muir claims, using the wards, quoted morning Muir's husband appeared before Police Judge Ferry and filed a complaint against Dorcas for disturbing the lady's peace and quiet, and the case will be heard tomorrow. "Dorcas' chickens have been botherering us," said Mr. Muir, as a chill of apprehension chased down his back and caused him to shudder, "and I want to break it of in him anyway. HIS MOTHER'S RELIGION.

Oaptain Drought, K. N. Retires Because It was Aesalled. Company K. N.

the veteran militia company of Kansas City, Kansas, is having a row over religion. Recently it held a stormy meeting. The meeting was called to fill the vacancy in the company caused by the resignation of Caplain J. S. Oliver.

The question of religion played an important W. L. Drought, who was elected, asked for time to consider the matter. He then made a few remarks, stating that he was not Catholic. Upon taking his seat Lieutenant Mark Cromwell said that some of the members were not satisfied as to Drought's religion preceding the election, but that they were now satisfied that he was an American citizen.

Drought rose to his feet and declined the honor of being captain of company K. N. G. In a speech full of feeling he said that his mother was a Catholic, and that no better woman ever lived. He left the armory.

HERRICK GETS CREDIT. He Is Admitted to Be a Great Insurance, Lawyer. R. T. Herrick, the Topeka attorney who did the successful sleuth hound work in the Fraker case, is really Hiawatha boy, and one of the "Kansas university crowd," says the Atchison Globe.

He moved to Topeka with the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance company. When Fraker disappeared, the interested life insurauce companies met and selected the Kansas Mutual to conduct the defense against the suits brought by the Fraker finding Fraker, Herrick has established himself as a great life insurance lawyer. Ordinary people smile when a man robs a big corporation, but it is not so with life insurance companies. Every man who carries a policy is an interested party: is interested in suppressing any dishonesty on of the company or its policy holders. OUR COLORED TEACHERS.

Marriage Demoralizes the Mr. E. Ridley Married. Topeka colored schoolteachers seem to "view with the prospect of teaching school again. One lady teacher has left the ranks and another, a gentleman, has taken unto himself a wife to make life endurable.

Yesterday Mr. E. Ridley, a Topeka teacher, slipped down to the quiet little town of Manhattan where he was quietly married to Miss Mary Ross, a former Topeka girl. Mr. and Mrs.

Ridley came to Topeka last evening and are at home to their friends at 14th and Van Buren, where Mr. Ridley has a neat little cottage ail furnished for housekeeping. Loved After All. Parkdale had some trouble, Mrs. Recently Mr.

and Mrs. Vick, Olson of Olson had Vick arrested disturbing ble: her peace. They had parted, and the quarrel was over the children, which were in the father's custody. Today in police court it developed that they had amicably adjusted their difference and were living together again, and Judge Ferry dismissed the case. Notaries Commissioned.

Governor Morrill today commissioned the following notaries public: James A. Orr, Independence; J. W. Logan, Columbus; A. E.

Agrelius, Lindsborg; George W. Sittick, Kansas City, Kas David A. Dody, Youngstown, Marion county; B. T. Himes, Dorance, Russell county; Frank J.

Hess, Arkansas City; and C. Sawyer, Galena. Will Leave on Sunday. The Kansas delegation to the nationality G. A.

R. will leave Louisville, arrangeencampment. ments are to meet at Kansas City and leave there on a special train Sunday be the largest Kansas evening. The delegation diver year will Black Bob Cases Continued. Almost the entire bar of Olathe came to Topeka today to participate in the final settling up of the famous Black Bob Indian land cases.

Judge Foster was called away on the Fraker insurance matter, and the hearing was postponed. librarian has been filled with Governor Morrill. There are 949 prisoners in the penitentiary and all but 46 can read sufficiently to be able to use the library. Are The monthly report of the penitentiary IS IT CY'S WORK? The Boss Supposed to Back Challinor's Report. HOLD A SECRET MEETING.

Old Fight on Chancellor Snow Renewed. A story is going the rounds in political circles that Cy Leland was behind the attack of State Accountant Challinor upon the management of the state University. It will be remembered that Mr. Leland and Chancellor Snow had an "unpleasantness' some time ago over the Senator Rogers matter. The university people all upheld the senator and were active in his defense.

This made Cy mad and he is said to have made the threat that it would cost the Chancellor his job at the university. This affair gives color now to the story that the republican boss was the power behind the throne when Challinor made his attack upon the university management in general and Chancellor Snow in particular. The story is further corroborated by a prominent republican, who is on the inside politically. In a conversation today with a DAILY PRESS reporter he said: "There is no question in my mind but that it is all Cy's dirty work. He and Challinor were closeted together for several hours in a room in the Copeland a short time ago and I am satisfied that the entire scheme was fixed up at that time.

There are many things I might mention that tends to convince me of it. Cy Leland's absence from Topeka at this time was significant. It is just like him. He always strikes in back and from ambush. After it is all over he backs out and asks what has happened.

Ii is understood among the politicians that "Cy" has been "laying' for Chancellor Snow for some time. He took the chancellor's support of Senator Rogers as a personal affront, and is not his nature to soon forget a thing of that kind. A remarkable feature of the chancellor's report is that in it attempts to do the administration's thinking in the matter. He did not stop at giving a report of his investigation of the books of the University, but went ahead pointing out what he considered remedies of alleged evils. He occupied more space in giving his personal opinions and making suggestions than he did in his report proper.

The administration considers this entirely out of his sphere of work and, it is said, is not at all pleased that he should presume to suggest. What he wants is the facts as he finds them without being colored by personal opinions or prejudice. The fact that Challinor did deviate from his usual course in his University report and attempt to make it stronger by public comment is considered by many republican politicians conclusive evidence that Cy Leland is in reality back of the whole scheme. NEW ARION HALL. It WIll Be a Handsome One and Will Be Built on Quincy Street, The Arion Singing society is having plans arranged for a building they will erect on the west side of Quincy, between Second and Third streets.

The proposed building will be 50x80 feet, two stories high, with a basement, in which will be a billiard hall and bowling alley. The first and second floors will be used by the society. New Y. W. C.

A. Secretary. Miss Ethel Page, who has lately been elected financial secretary for the state executive committee of the Y. W. C.

will arrive from Emporia next Monday to spend a week in Topeka before assuming her new duties. Miss Page will suc ceed Miss Neilie Goodrich, who now be the membership secretary until a new secretary is elected. Great interest has been manifested in the Y. W. C.

A literature and physical culture classes which are organizing for study this winter. Marshall's Is Back, Twenty-seven members of Marshall's band returned from Boston last night. The rest are visiting in the east. They were well pleased with the success they met. Two or three more concerts will be given, the first the latter part of this month.

George Got a Bed, George Wilkshire who was at one time engaged in conducting an auction store on West Fifth street, yesterday became intoxicated and last night applied at the prison for a bed. He was rather boisterous about his request and today Judge Ferry assessed him $3. Merritt's Now Company. The Colonial Real Estate company of Kansas City, has been chartered. It has a capital stock of $6,000.

The directors are: A. C. Merritt, state grain inspector; A. R. Ford, D.

W. Troup, H. F. Severance and F. W.

Griffin. Declared for McKinley. The republicans of Labette county, in their convention, endorsed the state ad ministration and declared for No taley for president. expressed confidence in the national convention to solve the financial question. Now see that your blood is pure.

Good health follows the use of Hood's Sarsa parilla which is the one great blood puri fier. A PRETTY WEDDING. Well Known Colored Couple Married Last Night. The marriage of Miss Ella M. Glen to Mr.

J. N. Guy, a well known colored lawyer of this city, took place colored, Episcopal church at 7th and Western avenue last evening. At 8 o'clock Prof. Franklin played the wedding march and Rev.

Mr. Miner and Bishop Millspaugh walked slowly down the aisle to the altar. groom was attended by R. H. Wade and Councilman Fred Roundtree.

bride was attended by an old family, friend, Mr. Chas. Grinstead. The Episcopal ring service was impressively performed by Rev. Mr.

Miner and Bishop Millspaugh. The bride was beautifully attired in white silk. The skirt was cut length and the bodice was elaborately trimmed in pearl and chiffon trimmings. Her shoes and gloves were white and she carried brides' roses. The groom was in the usual black.

Immediately after the church service was the reception given the young couple by Dr. and Mrs. Vernella at their beautiful residence, 226 Topeka avenue. Congratulations and refreshments were the features of the evening. There were over 100 guests.

A few of the out-of town guests were: Miss Nellie Banks. Miss Sadie Guy of Kansas City, Mesdames L. Harris, S. A. Wicks and B.

R. Guy of Emporia; Miss Gertrude Green of Springfield, and Mrs. C. Whitman of Lawrence. The bride is a graduate of Oberlin college, and for years has been one of Topeka's most esteemed colored teachers.

Mr. J. N. Guy, a graduate of the Ohio Law school, is one of Topeka's young attorneys. A number of handsome presents were received.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy left this morning for Ohio, and will be at home after September 9, at 221 Topeka avenue. MORE COMPARISONS. "A Chuizen" Rejoins-Tells Why Capron Was Not Prosecnted.

To the Editor of THE PRESS: My friend J. T. writes quite spirited and "sassy" like, but his reply is not an answer to the charges made by "A Citizen." Those who are interested in this controversy will remember that the points of comparison to which I called attention were, mainly, (1) that both attempted to arrest without warrants in cases where the officers did not see the offense committed, and (2) neither saw a felony committed nor had any reason to suspect that felony had been committed by their victim. To these two comparative charges Mr. Yount makes no reference, but goes on to show that in this last outrage the officer killed a respectable oitizen of Topeka who had always borne a good reputation, while his officer Capron only tried to kill a poor, half demented, friendless tramp.

The inference then is. that to kill a wandering follow- man out of work is not so much 8 as to shoot down an industrious citizen of Topeka. I did not attempt to institute comparisons of the reputations of the two policemen nor of the two victims of their lawless acts. For all that has anything whatever to do with this argument it may be admitted that Mr. Gaines and Mr.

Capron and also Mr. Cruger and Mr. Bergman may be as good or as bad as Mr. Yount represents and argues. But the fact remains that Capron had no right to attempt to arrest Bergman nor to order him to stop, for he had no warrant; and Gaines had no business to attempt the arrest of Robbins, as he no warrant.

In such a case any guest, relative or friend had a perfect right to interfere to prevent the arrest, as Cruger did. Why did not "A Citizen" and the county attorney prosecute Capron affair? Simply because Bergman could not be depended upon as a prosecating witness. No one saw the affair but some tramps, and Bergman was given clothes and money, belieued, and was sent away by the police. statements to the board of police commissioners was damaging euough, but no lawyer would rely upon his telling the same story in court. Mr.

Yount says a petition signed by over 200 people, many of whom were our most respectable and prominent republicans and democrats, was presented to the board in favor of Capron. No doubt. It is seldom that prominent business men, much less leading republicans and democrats, protest against usurpations of power and abuse of authority by the police. They constitute a class who care very little for lawfal and orderly procedure where the poor and unfortunate are accused. This same class organized a lawless armed mob in Leavenworth last semmer to kill some starving miners who were on their way to the city unarmed to present their grievances to its oitizene.

If Mr. Yount is a populist he should not place so much importance upon such a showing. Some one has said, "Save me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies." So in this case. When republican officials trample upon the rights of the people it should excite no remark- are used to it, but when "reformers" stamp the bill of rights under their feet, "in the name of liberty" it is time to protest. As to the charge that I was direlict in my duty as a guardian, I will say that I am 8 laboring man, lashed to an inevitable daily round of toil, and could not take the time to follow this culprit through all the dilatory shifts and eubterfuges that power and prestige can interpose in such casesIt is unfortunate for your purpose in this argument that the populist police force was superior in point of intelligence, morality sobriety, efficienoy and personal appearance to that of the republicans, for I talked with the "finest" of them in all these respeots and in spite of their superior intelligence, integrity, they thought they had a perfect right to kill anybody who disputed their attempts to halt, arrest and search any citizen at any time without a warrant.

What a state of public morals is shown here-that a set of men pioked for their superior "intel. ligence and manhood" are nevertheless too Ignoront and too brutal to know that power and authoaity in a country like this should be hedged about with sharp and definite limits, lost it become abuaive and subvert the rights of the word to say in this letter, already too long, and that is to the personal charge of cowardice in not signing my true name. I think Mr. Yount will withdraw that imputation when he knows the writer. Ordinarily he (the writer) does not use a nom de plume, but in this matter he must be content to subsoribe himself as before, A CITIZEN.

WILL NOT COME HERE. Dr. Fraker Intercepted at Kansas City. CHIEF WILKERSON TALKS. Dr.

Fraker Pretended to be Deaf and Dumb. Dr. Fraker, the insurance swindler whose heirs collected $58,000 insurance on his life, will not be brought Topeka as the dispatches first announced. Chief Wilkerson and Attorney arrived in Kansas City last night, and Fraker was taken at once to the Jackson county, jail. The party was met at the Union depot by a large crowd of curious and eager spectators, many of whom had known the doctor before his "death," or, rather, downfall.

Chief Wilkerson is expected to arrive in Topeka tonight. President John P. Davis of the Kansas Mutual Life is in Kansas City with D. R. Hite, the Topeka insurance lawyer.

Chief Wilkerson Interviewed. According to Chief Wilkerson, the country where the capture was made is very rocky and wild. The road was so rough that several times their wagon came near overturning and the brush was so thick and the woods so dense that it was impossible to see farther than 10 feet from the road. Mr. Wilkerson said: "When he arrested he was carrying a Winchester with seven loads in it and had a fine pistol in his pocket.

He also owned a large hunting knife. He had in his pocket a hypodermic syringe with a full supply of tablets. There were morphine, atrophine and strychnine tablets in the bottles and in his pocket was a white poison powder securely wrapped. For what purpose he carried it is not known, but it looked significant to us. he had stepped back 10 feet from the roadside from us we would have missed him easily.

A man in those woods could scarcely be found with any searching party." The officers claim they found on his person a pencil tablet that showed he had passed at Duluth as a deaf and dumb man. In his pocket was also found a deaf and dumb alphabet. There was also found a printed slip on which were the sentiments concerning the Bible that were contained in the letter which was written by Dr. Fraker to his nephew, Adolph Fraker, and introduced in the trial as indicative of the deep religious feeling of the man. That letter was Judge Phillips as one of pronouncedest eulogies of the Scriptures he had ever read, and it was an important matter in the trial.

It was undoubtedly copied from the slip. In his purse when found was pair of surgeons' scissors and two pieces of paper money, one a 25 and the other a 50 cent piece of the old paper issue. They were evidently carried as relics, for they were much worn. There were also found two letters of recent date on his person. One was written in shorthand and the other in German.

Conceding that both contain important matter, they were laid away and will be taken to Topeka and transcribed by the sworn officers of the insurance company. Coming down on the train from St. Paul the men occupied the Pullman car and Dr. Fraker was watched as closely as one could be. It was not intended that he should have an opportunity to escape and Monday night while he lay down to sleep in his berth he was securely handcuffed to Chief Wilkerson and while one door of the car was locked the other was carefully guarded.

He behaved admirably and treated the officers as he should. After arriving in the city he thanked, the officers for their kindness as they had done. Several times on the train he spoke of expecting violence from the people when he came to the city. Dr. Fraker was located by a tip given to the officers under a pledge of secrery, and they will not reveal the name of their informant.

The belief 1S strong in the mind of the man that he was reported by George Harry, to whom he had written several letters and given his location. After taken to the county jail Fraker being, visited by a delegation of citizens from the Springs, who came down to see if it was really Fraker who was brought back. Amorg the number was Charles McGregor, a witness in the trial. While talking with him Fraker said: "Why did you not reach down and help me out that night? I was simply standing down on the bank below you and you could have reached me and helped me out if you had tried." A strange coincidence in the capture of Fraker in the Minnesota woods is related by Mr. Herrick.

When Chief of Police Wilkerson and Deputy Sheriff Arch Phillips met Fraker about a mile from the Quinn shanty, where Mr. Herrick, Liveryman Robertson and trate Owens of Tower were left on guard the doctor at once recognized Phillips. Grasping the latter's hand he said with a great deal of warmth: are the very man I've been wanting to see. I want you to do some detective work for me." we had as well begin right here, said Phillips, retaining hold of Fraker's hand." Wilkerson, who hadjust been introduced, grasped the physician's other hand and he was handcuffed at once. Just what the "detective work" referred to by Fraker may have been is not known, but possibly the latter may have considered it possible to stave his pursuers off through this limb of the law.

Fraker was called "the little one' by his Minnesota acquaintances, on account of his small size by the side of the six foot "boy" who was his Mr. Herrick modest Concompanionely cerning his part in the great capture. When assured yesterday by D. R. Hite, the well known Topeka insurance man, that his achievement was the most remarkable in the history of insurance swindles, being practically the only case in which the culprit was run down by the insurance people, he gave credit to President Davis for quite as great consistency and steadfast belief in the theory that Fraker was alive as that held by himself.

Mr. Herrick holds the young man who was Fraker's companion in Minnesota to be perfectly free from blame. Censures Judge Phillips, F. J. Lynch, of the firm of Herrick Lynch, feels rather bitterly toward Judge Phillips, of the federal court at Kansas "Judge Phillips was convinced at the outset," he says, "that Dr.

Fraker was dead, and he did all in his power to have the case decided against us. We have felt all the time that Judge Phillips was doing us an injustice. His honor must feel rather sheepish now to learn that Fraker is alive and in jail at Kansas city." MARTIN TAKES IT BACK. A Letter in Which Senator Martin Denies His Attack on Nels Acres. Nels Acres is in town today and has with him a letter with Senator John Martin's name signed to it, which he is showing.

It is a full and free retraction utterances Mr. Martin made in an interview in a Kansas City paper last fall, in consequence of which Acers sued Martin for criminal libel. The letter is as follows: TOPEKA, Aug. 27, 1895. To the Publio: On October 20, 1894, there was published in the Kansas City Star, a purported interview between myself and a representative of the Star respecting the political campaign then on hand, and in which I was made to seriously reflect upon the honor and good character of Hon.

Nelson F. Acers of Iola, Allen county Kansas. of the language imputed to me in that or I have no recollection of using much interview, yet for the purpose of this explanation I accept it as substantially correct. The reflections and charges made against Mr. Acers were based upon information that had come to me in connection with the matters referred to in the interview, and at the time I supposed them to be true.

A subsequent and careful investigation of the charges and the information given me respecting them satisfied me beyond question that the information that I received and acted upon was wholly untrue and came to me from the personal and political enemies of Mr. Acers. These charges and reflections upon the character of Mr. Acers I am satisfied were wholly untrue and did him serious injustice. The charges made by me were not the result of nor dictated by any ill feeling or malicious purpose toward Mr.

Acers on my part. Nevertheless, believing that a great injustice was done him 10 the published interview, and believing it to be my duty to correct them and relieve him from any injustice or embarrassment that he may have suffered by reason thereof, I take pleasure in wholly withdrawing all the charges charcter refiections made upon him or his in that interview. JOHN MARTIN. NEEDS AN EXECUTIVE CALL. Mr.

Dawes Renders an Opinion on the Extra Session Question, Attorney General Dawes today rendered an opinion on the extra session matter, in which he held that the governor was under no legal or moral obligation to call the session, unless he deemed it his duty to do so. The attorney general holds that the constitution contains two contradictory clauses, one providing for a session every two years and the other providing an apportionment every five years. He thinks the former provision should hold. Last Night's Eclipse. last night was a complete success, being visible through, the greater part the transit.

As seen through the 6-inch glass on Lowman Hill, the eclipse commenced at 9:50 o'clock and ended at 2 o'clock a. in total eclipse 1 hour and 41 minutes, commencing at 11:05 and ending 12:46 a. m. The color of the moon was particularly noticeable, varying from a yellow to a blood red, during the total eclipse. The time of the entire eclipse was 4 hours and ten minutes.

the diameter of the eclipse being one and one half times the diameter of the moon. will attend. Gaines Will Be Tried. The Day Nursery. The Equal Suffrage association will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the parlors the Throop hotel to hear the report of the committe appointed to look after the day nursery.

It is especially requested that all ladies interested Officer H. E. Gaines was today arbefore Justice Furry for the raigned of Albert Cruger. He waived examination and bond in the sum killing gave for his appearance at the next of $5,000 term of the district court. Assaulter Bound Over.

Jake De Lespin, who recently assaulted Artie Dudley, was bound Magis-12-year-old the district court yesterday by and in default of 8300 Justice Guy, bond was committed to the county jail Bimetalliste Tuesday. The state central committee of the Kansas bimetallic league willl hold a Tuesday afternoon at the meeting next Throop hotel. There are some people who never dark glasses and yet they never see nything bright; the people who are dyspeptic and soured. Everything is ou of joint with people. "I suffered many years with Dyspepsia and liver troubles but have been relieved since taking Simmons Liver Regulator.

I know others who been greatly benefitted by its -James Nowland, Carrollton, Mo. BURN THE WEEDS. Weeds Cut on Suburban Streets Allowed to Rot. A MENANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH Work for the City Sanitary Officers to do. Every year the citizens demand that the weeds be cut, but very few insist on their being hauled away.

That there is far more pestilence and disease in decomposing vegetable matter than in decaying animal matter is a well known fact. Vegetable matter in state decomposition throws off gases of the most poisonous nature, but the fact that animal matter is most offensive to the olfactories will secure its immediate removal when vegetable matter will be allowed to remain because of its seeming inoffensiveness. The action of the health oflicers with regard to cutting the rank vegetable growth of this season is very commendable and would be most commendable if they would see that all refuse was hauled away from the city and burned. Too often it is dumped In low spot near the edge of town and left to continue the process of decomposition, thereby breeding almost as much malaria and disease as though left in the city. The necessity of immediate action in this matter cannot be too strongly urged upon our citizens if they would maintain a healthful atmosphere.

THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT. Four Cities Want the G. A. R. Encampment of Next Year.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. present indications it does not look as though the fight to secure the G. A. R. encampment of 1896 to be decided at the approaching encampment will be nearly so bitter as usual.

Four cities may be said to be in the race, Philadelphia, St. Paul, Atlanta and Denver. It is generally conceded that St. Paul and Philadeiphia lead the race. St.

Paul depends mainly upon the cooperation of Louisville, as this city promised at the Pittsburg encampment last year to help the Minnesota city to secure the '96 gathering in case she relinquished her claims for this year's encampment in favor of this city. Philadelphia is counting upon the strength of her geographical position, being the only city in the east that has thus far put in a bid. Atlanta's prospects are reported as very slim, owing to the established policy of the G. A. not to have the encampment in the same section of the country twice in succession.

Denver is one of the latest in the field, but SO far it not known to have made any concerted attack on the veterans to induce them to take the gathering next year west of the Mississippi eiver. WOULD RUIN HER. Durrant Told a Friend He Would Ruin Blanch Lamont. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. the Durrant trial today, Clarence Wolf, a friend of Durrant will swear that the day bemurder Durrant told him he would ruin Blanche Lamont at all hazards.

Physicians are on the stand this afternoon. Latest From Kansas Oity. KANSAS CITY, Sept. call at the jail to see Fraker, much to his disgust. He will be taken to Ray county tonight.

Seizing Newfoundland Vessels, ST. JOHNS, N. Sept. Canadian fleet of fishing schooners with Gatling guns and cannons is seizing all the Newfoundland vessels found in Canadian waters and has conveyed them to the headquarters in the Straits of Belle Isle. as a Blackmailer.

CHICAGO, Sept. H. H. Holmes is issuing the advance sheets of his new book in which it is declared prominent American's names will appear if money is not forthcoming for his defense. Women May Ride Astride, NEW YORK, Sept.

Roosevelt has decided that there is no ordinance to prevent a woman riding horseback astride. Fined Fifteen Dollars. COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. three Mexicans who fought bulls at a Cripple Creek last week were fined $15 each here. Taylor-Vanderbilt.

NEWPORT, R. Sept. engagement is announced of Moses Taylor, millionaire, and a recent graduate of Yale, to Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt. THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND The Official Route to Louisville National Encampment. Special G.

A. R. train will leave Rock Island depot Sunday, September 8, 3:20 p.m., running through to Louisville without change, $15.00 for the round Stop overs allowed both going and trip. return, east St. Louis.

Return limit October 6, 1895. For full information call on A. M. Fuller, 601 Kansas venue. The World's Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in leave ening power as the Royal.